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News / World by Press Association 18/07/2019, 11:27 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter US President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the centre of his re-election campaign. Every successful modern presidential campaign has been built on the notion of addition, winning over voters beyond core supporters. But Mr Trump has chosen division on the belief that the polarised country he leads will simply choose sides over issues like race. He has intensified his attacks, blasting four young congresswomen of colour during a rally in Greenville, North Carolina. The crowd responded by chanting, “Send her back!” echoing Mr Trump’s weekend tweet in which he said the congresswomen, all American citizens, should “go back” to the countries from which they came. “I do think I am winning the political fight,” Mr Trump declared at the White House. “I think I am winning it by a lot.” Not since George … [Read more...] about Trump leans into issue of race in bid for 2020 re-election

The most diverse group of politicians to ever run for the White House have emerged ahead of the 2020 debates, as Donald Trump seeks re-election — and live-tweets the Democratic primaries. With the first slate of debates just weeks away, a variety of candidates have proven to be fundraising juggernauts, surprising dark horses and even clear frontrunners. As the list of Democrats throwing their hat in the ring for a shot at the Oval Office seemingly continues to grow with each week, here are each of the 2020 hopefuls to have announced an official run thus far. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now Meet the candidates Joe Biden Former US vice president Joe Biden has officially joined the Democratic presidential contest to replace Donald Trump in 2020. The 76-year-old lifelong politician becomes an instant … [Read more...] about Meet all the Democratic candidates for the 2020 US election

Watch this space for a recap of the latest polls and data-driven studies curated by the CBS News Election & Survey Unit! 6/20/2019: The Democratic Primary - Divisions Emerge Along Generational Lines According to the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker of Democratic voters in early primary contests, most Democratic primary voters under the age of 45 want Democrats to advance a more progressive agenda than the country had under Barack Obama, while most older voters want the Democrats to return the country to the way it was before Donald Trump took office. Not surprisingly, they differ on which candidates they are considering voting for.A large majority of Democratic voters over 45 are considering Joe Biden - more so than any other candidate - and this is particularly true of those 65 and older (69%). Support for Biden drops off among younger voters, however. 47% of those between 30 and 44 would consider voting for Biden, but this is true of just 38% of early Democratic voters … [Read more...] about The latest from the CBS News Election & Survey Unit

The Philippine government has slammed United Nations human rights experts for "unpardonable intrusions", after a call for an international investigation into killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.The experts on Friday urged the UN Human Rights Council, whose 47 member states begin a three-week session on June 24, to launch an independent inquiry into what they said was a sharp deterioration in human rights across the country.The 11 experts said they "have recorded a staggering number of unlawful deaths and police killings in the context of the so-called war on drugs, as well as killings of human rights defenders"."The 11 UN Special Rapporteurs' act of peddling a biased and absolutely false recital of facts, adulterated with malicious imputations against the constituted authorities, smacks of unpardonable intrusions on our sovereignty," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said.The UN experts presented "general allegations culled from false information," he said … [Read more...] about Philippines slams ‘intrusions’ by UN panel

Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump will meet this week amid a maelstrom of political uncertainty. Indeed, with Brexit unresolved and the Conservative Party leadership race already in full swing before May officially resigns on 7 June, Trump’s three-day state visit “could hardly be more badly timed”, says Politico. That said, the news site adds, “will a transformed UK prime minister be on display - one more likely to challenge the US president she may never see again?” “She’s already been pretty straight-talking with him,” said an unnamed aide to May. “She will be perfectly comfortable speaking direct to him, but I wouldn’t expect a ‘Love Actually moment’.” So what might the pair clash over? The Week looks at five potential flashpoints between the president and the PM. Five Eyes In recent remarks to US press, the president touched on an issue that he’s made a … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s UK visit: five awkward conversations